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2. Car float - Wikipedia

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   A tugboat stack is visible behind the middle car. 1912 PRR map showing the Greenville Terminal and its car float operations, also the current crossing A railroad car float or rail barge is a specialised form of lighter [ 1 ] with railway tracks mounted on its deck used to move rolling stock across water obstacles, or to locations they could not ...

3. Roll-on/roll-off - Wikipedia

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   Roll-on/Roll-off car carrying ship being boarded by articulated haulers at the Port of Baltimore RoRo ports and inland waterways of the United States. Roll-on/roll-off (RORO or ro-ro) ships are cargo ships designed to carry wheeled cargo, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, semi-trailer trucks, buses, trailers, and railroad cars, that are driven on and off the ship on their own wheels or using ...

4. Pilot ladder - Wikipedia

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   Pilot ladders and other boarding arrangements must be carefully prepared for each operation, with the equipment inspected and verified as safe to use before each boarding takes place. Additional requirements relate to the use of man-ropes, platforms, accommodation ladders, combination ladders and securing methods. [3]

5. Jacob's ladder (nautical) - Wikipedia

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   It is the use of spreaders (long treads that extend well past the vertical ropes) in a pilot ladder that distinguishes it from a Jacob's ladder. When not being used, the ladder is stowed away, usually rolled up, rather than left hanging. On late 19th-century warships, this kind of ladder would replace the normal fixed ladders on deck during battle.

6. Maritime passenger terminal - Wikipedia

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   A passenger terminal is a structure in a port which services passengers boarding and leaving water vessels such as ferries, cruise ships and ocean liners.Depending on the types of vessels serviced by the terminal, it may be named (for example) ferry terminal, cruise terminal, marine terminal or maritime passenger terminal.

7. Boarding stairs - Wikipedia

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   Boarding stairs with canopy. Boarding stairs must be robust and stable, capable of withstanding adverse weather conditions. They are designed to adapt to the curved shape of the aircraft fuselage to which they must be attached, and to be able to raise and lower them to adjust the upper platform to the height of the aircraft, allowing passengers get on and off from the ground to the aircraft ...

8. Buffer (rail transport) - Wikipedia

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   Direct comparison between normal buffer (right) and high-performance buffer (left) for freight wagons. Standardised buffers are used by European railway companies: Freight wagon: Buffer with 75 mm stroke UIC 526-2 VE 1981-01. However, these buffers are no longer in use. Freight wagon: Buffer with 105 mm stroke UIC 526-1 VE 1998-07; Freight ...

9. Boarding (transport) - Wikipedia

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   Boarding is the entry of passengers onto a vehicle, usually in public transportation. Boarding starts with entering the vehicle and ends with the seating of each passenger and closing the doors . The term is used in road, rail, water and air transport (for example, passengers board a coach).